Kevin Johnson, Ogden Raptors
Ogden Raptors player Josh Broughton rounds third base in a game against the Rocky Mountain Vibes on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, at Lindquist Field in Ogden.
After both the Ogden Raptors and Grand Junction Rockies had their season finales canceled by bad weather on the road Saturday, the two teams trekked west to Grand Junction and will face off to open the Pioneer Baseball League playoffs in a divisional series.
Ogden (51-43) was awarded home-field advantage by virtue of winning the South Division’s first-half championship, but Grand Junction (62-33) surged in the second half to the league’s second-best overall record.
Grand Junction won the season series 11-7 and hosts Game 1 at 6 pm Monday.
The best-of-three series moves to Ogden at 6:30 pm Wednesday, Sept. 14, with an if-necessary Game 3 on Thursday, Sept. 15.
The Raptors are selling all playoff tickets for $8 per game for all reserved seating. Season ticket holders have tickets on reservation for the entirety for all potential games in the Divisional and Championship series, the team announced.
In the North Division, defending champion Missoula (69-26) travels to Billings (53-41) for Game 1, then hosts Games 2 and 3, if needed, on the same dates as the South divisional series.
Below are more notes on the Ogden Raptors’ 2022 season.
ATTENTION
The Raptors led the Pioneer League in overall and per-game attendance for the 25th consecutive season at about 3,700 fans per game, though the league’s attendance page was broken as of Sunday.
Ogden hosted five games this season with more than 5,000 fans, with the best draw coming in the final week when 5,868 fans attended the Sept. 2 game against Billings. It was the best-attended game at Linquist Field in at least eight years.
RECORD BY OPPONENT
Ogden made hay against Boise and Northern Colorado, the two worst teams in the South Division. The Raptors did not play North Division foes Great Falls or the expansion Glacier (Kalispell, Montana) this season.
Boise 12-3
Northern Colorado 14-8
Idaho Falls 5-4
Billings 3-3
Rocky Mountain 8-10
Grand Junction 7-11
Missoula 2-4
TEAM LEADERS
Below are the Raptors’ team leaders in various statistical categories this season, among qualified players in a total of 94 games.
Batting average: Josh Broughton .381, Jesus Valdez .369
Home runs: Jesus Valdez 21, Broughton and Reese Alexiades 14
RBI’s: Valdez 109 (2nd in league), Alexiades 97
runs: Broughton 112, Alexiades 87
On base percentage: Broughton .437, Pat Adams .436
Slugging percentage: Valdez .612, Broughton .608
walks: Alexiades and Adams 62
Pitching ERA: Jackson Lancaster 1.13, Jake Mulholland 1.90
Pitch wins: Christian Day 9 (2nd in league), Ronny Orta 7
saves: Lancaster 12
strikeouts: Orta 82, Day 76
pitching appearances: Chase Stratton 36
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